Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 214

Li Zicheng's three-way army stormed Nanyang City from three directions, with more than 2 horses overwhelming the sky, shouting loudly.A single charge made it to the bottom of the city wall. At this time, the officers and soldiers in the city were terrified of being beaten, so they dared to defend against danger. They fired arrows, blunderbusses, and red-clothed cannons from the top of the city, but these things could no longer deter Li Zicheng. The people are gone.

Especially firearms, the firearms in the cold weapon era have limited power and mainly have a deterrent effect. If deterrence cannot be achieved, then these firearms have very limited effect, as it is in front of us.

At this time, the defenders in the city were mainly Zhu Dadian's Nanjing soldiers, Tiger David's Baoding soldiers, and the defenders in Nanyang City. However, there are only more than [-] people left in one place. God, both sides suffered heavy casualties.But on the third night, Hu Dawei led his Baoding soldiers to open the east gate first and ran away.

On the fourth day, Zhu Dadian also knew about it, and he opened the west gate and slipped away. On the fifth day, the defenders in the city surrendered directly, and the city gate was opened to let Li Zicheng into the city.

Li Zicheng was very happy. Although there were thousands of casualties, Nanyang was captured within the plan. With this prefecture, three county towns, and this vast forest, he had more room for action. Even if a large number of officers and troops come, he is not afraid. He can defend when he retreats, and he can attack when he advances. There are many adults in Nanyang households, and there are also many rich people. , at least it can solve the urgent need.

Li Zicheng planned to rest in the city for two days, and then asked Liu Zongmin to lead a team to govern Nanyang, open warehouses to help the people, search for money to help them pay, and then he personally led the team to Danyang, and Li Guo and Hao Yaoqi All the men and horses cleaned up Ji Dong together.

Who would have thought that he had just captured Nanyang, and his buttocks were still warm when he arrived in the city, so the reporter ran in: "It's not good to break into the prince, General Li Guo is defeated and returned..."

This was so unexpected that all the generals were shocked.Li Guo and Hao Yaoqi were defeated so quickly. Compared to the generals under Li Zicheng, the abilities of these two generals, in terms of bravery and resourcefulness, the combination of these two people can definitely be regarded as a strong soldier, but how could they be defeated so quickly? up?Everyone looked at Li Zicheng in astonishment.

As soon as Li Zicheng heard it, he stood up, his eyes were wide open, let him last for ten days, what's the matter, these few days?In fact, Li Guo and Hao Yaoqi barely survived for two days even including Ji Dong's vanguard camp.

"Where are the people?"

"Go back to Prince Chuang, and you will be outside the city in more than ten miles."

"Let him come to see me quickly!" Li Zicheng was so angry that he couldn't help but kill this nephew, he was so disappointed.Their defeat so early along the way disrupted his plan.Therefore, Li Zicheng's brows were twisted into knots, and his two sword eyebrows were tightly locked.

Mrs. Gao quickly persuaded: "King Chuang, things happen for a reason, Li Guo is not a child anymore, victory or defeat is a common thing in military strategists, don't get angry when you meet." Gao Guiying said, and glanced at Li Laiheng next to him.

This is Li Guo's adopted son, the adopted son of Li Guo and his wife. This year, the young man is handsome and imposing. He was born in a children's camp. He was taught by Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying. Hearing that his father came back in a big defeat, he felt ashamed all over his face.

Although Li Laiheng was adopted, this child has been sensible since he was a child, and Li Guo and his wife treated him as if he had been born.

Li Zicheng felt that what his wife said was reasonable, so he suppressed his anger.

More than half an hour later, Li Guo and Li Benying brought more than 2000 remnants of defeated soldiers into the city to meet Li Zicheng. As soon as they met, Li Guo knelt down in front of Li Shencheng and pleaded guilty.

"What's going on? How about waving the flag?"

"Don't ask King Chuang..." Li Guo told the story of the matter aggrievedly. In private, they are uncles and nephews, but in the army they are still superiors and subordinates.Especially in front of the military law, Li Zicheng never accommodated him.

Li Guo is not the kind of ignorant dude, he is very proud of his uncle on weekdays, he joined the army with Li Zicheng as a young man, fought south and north, blocked east and west, now he is nearly forty years old, and he has long been Li Zicheng's subordinate A general who can stand alone.

"What? You said that you betrayed us by waving the flag, surrendered to the officers and soldiers and became the imperial court's falcons?" Li Zicheng looked in disbelief.

Not only was he unbelievable, but the present generals Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun, Bai Minghe, Lan Yingcheng, Dang Shousu, Zhang Nai and Shuangxi, including the wise and courageous Mrs. Gao, and The two beauties, Huiying and Huimei, who followed Mrs. Gao, and so on, all had incredible expressions on their faces.

Hao Yaoqi is a member of the Old Eighth Team, earlier than Li Zicheng. He raised the banner of righteousness with King Gao Chuang. After King Gao Chuang died heroically, he followed Li Zicheng for so many years. He is the oldest in terms of qualifications and died at his hands. There are countless officers and corrupt officials in Li, how could he surrender to Ji Dong?

Li Guo saw that everyone didn't believe him, especially Chuang Wang's suspicious face. He said in his heart that Hao Yaoqi's surrender is not surprising. There are only unexpected things in the world. That Gao Jie and Xing's first had an affair and then eloped, and they both betrayed us. Who could have imagined it?
But I couldn't say this in front of King Chuang and Mrs. Gao, so I had to say again: "I didn't believe the matter of King Chuang at first, but the facts lie there. Who would have thought that Hao Yaoqi would be a traitor? If it wasn't for this judge, would I, Li Guo, have been defeated so badly? It wasn't because I was talking big, the fortifications at Tiger's Mouth made Lin Yi's men and horses come to attack, even if you bring cannons to attack for ten days and a half months, it will be difficult to attack, but no matter what, I, Li Guo, have committed an unforgivable crime, please punish King Chuang."

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment, "Hao Yaoqi...Hao Yaoqi..." He continued to say a few words, his sword eyebrows stood erect, and his tiger eyes rounded.

Seeing that Li Zicheng was angry, Liu Zongmin persuaded him: "King Chuang, it's no big deal, isn't it just a traitor? There are too many traitors these days, and I don't care if there is one more Hao Yaoqi. If there is a chance, kill him. It’s nothing special, it’s just to let Lin’s life last for two more days, now that we’ve taken down Nanyang City, so what if a soldier surnamed Lin comes to the city, if he doesn’t come, it’s his advantage, if he comes, discipline him and never return!”

Li Zicheng didn't answer Liu Zongmin's words, and walked back and forth in the room a few times. He felt that Lin Yi was a little strange. He was thinking, it would be even more strange if Hao Yaoqi really surrendered. Did the loyal Hao Yaoqi betray him?
He didn't sleep well all night, and someone came to report the next day that Lin Yi's troops had arrived in Rang County, which is the area around Dengzhou in later generations.

"Good job!" Li Zicheng stood up immediately, and he asked Liu Zongmin to sit in Nanyang, and he wanted to go out in person.

"King Chuang, how can you use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken? Do you need a mere Lin Yi? Not only is Nanyang City in our hands, but the three counties of Xichuan, Neixiang, and Xinye are all there. , these three counties are his tombs, and those named Lin will not be able to reach the city of Nanyang! Specifically, we can send three elite troops to station in Xichuan, Neixiang, and Xinye. Fall into our siege, and then we will send troops from Nanyang to wipe out Lin Yi's troops in one fell swoop."

Of course Li Zicheng believed in Liu Zongmin's ability, even though he was born as an excellent blacksmith, but now among the generals under Li Zicheng, no one can surpass him, no matter in terms of personal bravery or leading troops to fight, Li Zicheng is the number one , Liu Zongmin is undoubtedly the second, and no one else can do it.

A year ago, Li Zicheng was ambushed by the officers and soldiers. He met Madman He in the First Battle of Tongguan. Li Zicheng fled into Shangluo Mountain with only [-] riders, and his entire army was almost wiped out. When he left Shangluo Mountain after the next year, he was surrounded and suppressed by several government troops. At the critical moment, Liu Zongmin killed his two wives, then burned the luggage, and marched lightly, so that Li Zicheng and the others successfully escaped. Liu Zongmin was called Mr. Liu Xiao is the veritable second-in-command in Li Zicheng's group.

So Li Zicheng agreed, and after discussing with Liu Zongmin, he sent Li Guo and his son to lead [-] troops to guard Xichuan, let General Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi lead [-] troops to guard Neixiang, and let Gao Yigong and Tian Jianxiu lead [-] troops to guard Xinye .

Li Zicheng's six generals led nearly 1 troops in three counties, forming a tripartite confrontation. No matter which county was attacked, the other two counties would support them, thus forming an iron triangle.

As soon as they completed their subordinates, Ji Dong's men arrived.Lin Yi set up camp first, and sent someone to Luoyang to deliver a letter to Yang Sichang on a fast horse. He said that he had arrived at the designated location, and then took out the military map. From the map, he saw clearly that if he wanted to take Nanyang, he had to take the inner Township and Xinye, or Xichuan, because this is a natural barrier for Nanyang City.To take Nanyang, this barrier must be broken.

Lin Yi is now fighting small battles. He has experienced hundreds of battles, whether he has fought against the Tartars, against the bandits, or against the Ming army. Now at least he can be regarded as half a military strategist.

With the situation in front of him, Ji Dong could tell at a glance that at least one of the county towns had to be taken first, but whichever one was attacked first, those two places would never stand idly by.It is inevitable that the three counties will have heavy troops stationed by thieves, so Lin Yi did not act rashly. He found a suitable place to set up camp, and sent Yebububu to inquire about the three counties and Nanyang City.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be invincible in a hundred battles.For Li Zicheng, Lin Yi certainly didn't dare to underestimate him, he was undoubtedly his strongest opponent.

Two days later, Ye Bu sent by Lin Yi returned the letter and found out the basic situation of Nanyang City and these three county towns and the number of soldiers and horses in each.

Lin Yi smiled, oh, so you guys want to finish this with Lin!
(End of this chapter)